Young men, of course, don't want to be guided by old back numbers, but at the same time I know that in my own case I gained a lot by studying the characters of the chiefs under whom I served from time to time. Lord Wolseley, for instance, said: "Use your common sense rather than book instructions."

Sunday is a day of rest. Loafing is not rest.

We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.

The secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshell—in the clearness of the instructions they receive.

To get hold of your boys you must be their friend.

Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.

Scouting is not an abstruse or difficult science: rather it is a jolly game if you take it in the right light. In the same time it is educative, and (like Mercy) it is apt to benefit him that giveth as well as him that receives.